(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man is in jail after being clocked at nearly twice the speed limit last evening.

 

La Porte County Police said a patrol officer caught him traveling 97 miles per hour in the area of U.S. 20 and Indiana 212,  passing other vehicles fast enough to kick up dust and debris.

 

During a traffic stop, the driver was found to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of Lake County on a domestic battery charge.

 

Dustin Alcorn is currently being held in the La Porte County Jail so Lake County authorities can pick him up on the warrant, in addition to being charged here with reckless driving and ticketed for speeding.

 

According to police, Alcorn told the arresting officer he liked to drive fast and was told previously by a friend “to save it for the race track.”